Marc Michel Gaudin

Marc Michel Gaudin (19 January 1756-5 November 1841) was the Minister of Finance of France from 1799 to 1814 and the Duke of Gaete.

Biography
Born in Saint-Denis in 1756, Gaudin became a French statesman and in 1799 he was made Minister of Finance of France by Consul Napoleon Bonaparte. He remained Minister of Finance when Napoleon founded the French Empire in 1803, and he founded the Bank of France. After the Bourbon Restoration he was Deputy of the Aisne Department, sitting with the constitutional party.